Collar and necktie retainer.



U. G. COOK.

COLLAR AND NECKTIE RETAINER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 5. 1915.

1,21 1,547. Patented Jan. 9, 1917.

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COLLAR AND NECKTIE RETAINER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 5, 1915. Serial No. 26,669.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, UnYssEs COOK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Casey, in the county of Clark and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in Collar and Necktie Retain'e'rs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to combined collars and necktie retainers. I

In attaching neckties to turndown collars, they are usually passed around the collar between the band and the outer port on and the tie made. In the adjustment of the tie to give the desired appearance it usually happens that it becomes necessary to draw the necktie in one direction or the other around the collar. This frequently is rendered diflicult by the binding of the necktie between the two parts of the collar and the result is the damaging of the necktie or the collar, or more frequently, the rumpling of the collar.

The object of my invention is to provide means for attaching a necktie to a collar which will avoid the difiiculties referred to, and further to provide a turndown collar so formed and having such attachments that a necktie may be permanently or removably attached thereto without requiring that the necktie be passed around the collar between the parts thereof.

With these objects in view the invention consists of a collar having means for securing the parts in place when in use and provided with a securing device for a necktie in which are combined the novel features substantially as hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which,

Figure 1 is a front View of a turndown collar, with the outer portions thereof broken away, such collar having the improved at taching means combined therewith, and showing by dotted lines a necktie in position on the collar. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the means employed for detachably securing a necktie to the collar.

In the drawing 1 represents the band of a collar on one end of which is formed an elongated tab 2. The tab portion is provided with the usual buttonhole 3, and arranged above the buttonhole is a strip of any suitable material l, extending longitudinally of the band of the collar forming a loop, the middle of which is preferablv above the button hole 3. The ends of the strip are preferably introduced through slots in the outer layer of the band and extend between the outer and inner layers and are secured by stitching, thus presenting a smooth surface and preventing upturning of such ends. The opposite end 5 of the band has secured to it a loop or keeper 6 which extends transversely of the band and is covered by the outer portion 7 of the collar. When the collar is in place. on the neck of a wearer and buttoned in the usual way, the loop 4: is above the buttonhole 8, and a necktie of any form may be secured to the loop and tied into any suitable form. When the parts of the collar are in place with the necktie at tached to the loop 4;, the end 2 is passed into and is retained by the keeper 6. Thus the positions of the parts are maintained during use, and are not affected by the weight of the necktie or by any usual strain imposed upon the necktie in adjusting it, the keeper serving to maintain the tab 2 securely in place.

In the use of a collar made as described a necktie may be attached to the loop 4, and when this is done the collar may be removed or placed in position on a wearer without in any way affecting the necktie and without requiring any adjustments of the latter, and obviously the disadvantages incident to passing the band of the necktie between the parts of the collar are avoided. Besides, when a four-in-hand necktie is used a great saving of the expensive material of-which these articles are usually made is effected because the use of material necessary to form the band of the necktie is entirely dispensed with.

In order that a necktie may be detachably connected to the collar the strip 4 has trans verse stitchings 8 by which the strip is attached to the band and which form two short loops 9, preferably equidistant from the center of the loop 4:, and a bar 10 of any suitable material such as metal, rubber or the like, having transverse arms of a width to enter the short loops 9, is employed to receive the necktie. When it is desired to have a necktie remain permanently tied, and rendered capable of being quickly and easily attached to and detached from a collar, the necktie is tied upon the bar 10. When the parts of the collar are adjusted to their poratentea Jan. 9, 1917.

sition for wear as shown in Fig. 1, the arms 11 of the strip 10 may. readily be introduced into or removed from the short loops 9, thus providing means for readily attaching and detaching a permanently tied necktie.

A collar constructed as herein described and provided with the attachments shown effects much saving in the time required to attach and remove a necktie; economizes the material of the necktie; and permits of the attachment or removal of a necktie without rumpling or otherwise injuring the collar to which attachment is made.

I claim:

1. A turndown collar having a band provided at one end with an elongated tab, a strip attached at its ends to the band and extending longitudinally thereof forming means for the attachment of a necktie, and a keeper on the other end of the band adapted to receive and sustain the tab and to prevent downward movement of the tab when a necktie is attached to the strip.

2. A turndown collar having a band provided at one end with an elongated tab, a strip attached to the band by transverse stitchings forming loops, a bar forming means for the attachment of a necktie, having arms extending therefrom, the arms being substantially the same distance apart as the loops and of corresponding width, and a keeper on the other end of the band adapted to receive and sustain the tab and to prevent downward movement of the tab when a necktie is attached to the bar.

In testimony whereof I afix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ULYSSES G. coon.

lVitnesses:

DAVID H. MEAD, JOHN H. SIGGERS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, I). 0. 

